- Date
- March 27, 1971
- Place
- Portage, PA · PORTAGE, PA
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N46134Taylorcraft DCO-65
- Status
- Completed · report December 16, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 160567
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1054 71/3/27 PORTAGE,PA TAYLORCRAFT DCO-65 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 43, 337 TIME - 1500 N46134 PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 333 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION EBENSBURG,PA MARTINSBURG,PA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: OTHER FIRE OR EXPLOSION: IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OIL EXHAUSTION-ENGINE LUBRICATION SYSTEM COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- AS ENG STOPPED PLT OBSVD FLAMES FROM L SIDE OF ENG COWLING.ACFT AND FUEL SYS DESTROYED BY FIRE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N46134
- Reported as
- Taylorcraft DCO-65
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed